Home Application Download FAQ
English
English
日本語
Español
Français
Deutsch
Italiano

East african puddle frog

A species of Puddle frogs
Scientific name : Phrynobatrachus acridoides Genus : Puddle frogs

East african puddle frog, A species of Puddle frogs
Scientific name: Phrynobatrachus acridoides
Genus: Puddle frogs
East african puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus acridoides) Photo By Martin Pickersgill , used under CC-BY-SA-2.5 /Cropped and compressed from original

Description

Phrynobatrachus acridoides is a species of frog in the Phrynobatrachidae family. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and possibly Swaziland, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, sw

General Info

Lifespan

5-10 years

Diet

The dietary habits of east african puddle frog mainly involve feeding on invertebrates, predominantly insects. It specifically favors ants, beetles and termites, executing a critical pest-control role in its ecosystem.

Appearance

East african puddle frog is a petite, compact frog with a singular smooth skin texture. Displaying a variable colour palette, it can range from green, through brown, to the less common pink. Distinguished by its mottled darker brown patterns and a characteristic light vertebral line, many specimens also possess a golden sheen on their back. Predominantly more robust, males are distinguished by a whitish throat during mating season.

Behavior

East african puddle frog is characterized by its nocturnal, solitary lifestyle. This amphibian has an unusual call display, using variants of chirps and buzzing sounds, predominantly during mating season. It also demonstrates an impressive resilience to harsh environmental conditions, displaying a period of torpor in extreme temperatures, contributing to its survival technique.
East african puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus acridoides) East african puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus acridoides) Photo By Martin Pickersgill , used under CC-BY-SA-2.5 /Cropped and compressed from original
AI animal expert in your pocket
Scan QR code to download
Cookie Management Tool
In addition to managing cookies through your browser or device, you can change your cookie settings below.
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help us to improve our application/website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
Cookie Name Source Purpose Lifespan
_ga Google Analytics These cookies are set because of our use of Google Analytics. They are used to collect information about your use of our application/website. The cookies collect specific information, such as your IP address, data related to your device and other information about your use of the application/website. Please note that the data processing is essentially carried out by Google LLC and Google may use your data collected by the cookies for own purposes, e.g. profiling and will combine it with other data such as your Google Account. For more information about how Google processes your data and Google’s approach to privacy as well as implemented safeguards for your data, please see here. 1 Year
_pta PictureThis Analytics We use these cookies to collect information about how you use our site, monitor site performance, and improve our site performance, our services, and your experience. 1 Year
Cookie Name
_ga
Source
Google Analytics
Purpose
These cookies are set because of our use of Google Analytics. They are used to collect information about your use of our application/website. The cookies collect specific information, such as your IP address, data related to your device and other information about your use of the application/website. Please note that the data processing is essentially carried out by Google LLC and Google may use your data collected by the cookies for own purposes, e.g. profiling and will combine it with other data such as your Google Account. For more information about how Google processes your data and Google’s approach to privacy as well as implemented safeguards for your data, please see here.
Lifespan
1 Year

Cookie Name
_pta
Source
PictureThis Analytics
Purpose
We use these cookies to collect information about how you use our site, monitor site performance, and improve our site performance, our services, and your experience.
Lifespan
1 Year
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used by advertising companies to serve ads that are relevant to your interests.
Cookie Name Source Purpose Lifespan
_fbp Facebook Pixel A conversion pixel tracking that we use for retargeting campaigns. Learn more here. 1 Year
_adj Adjust This cookie provides mobile analytics and attribution services that enable us to measure and analyze the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, certain events and actions within the Application. Learn more here. 1 Year
Cookie Name
_fbp
Source
Facebook Pixel
Purpose
A conversion pixel tracking that we use for retargeting campaigns. Learn more here.
Lifespan
1 Year

Cookie Name
_adj
Source
Adjust
Purpose
This cookie provides mobile analytics and attribution services that enable us to measure and analyze the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, certain events and actions within the Application. Learn more here.
Lifespan
1 Year
Download